Board of directors

Sir David Rowlands, Chairman

Sir David Rowlands is a senior adviser to GIP. He retired in 2007 as Permanent Secretary at the Department for Transport. Sir David is currently non-executive chairman of rolling stock company, Angel Trains and vice president of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport. He stepped down from chairman of High Speed Two in February 2010. Sir David is also a governor of Anglia Ruskin University and a member of the RAC Foundation’s public policy committee.

Stewart Wingate, Chief Executive Officer

Stewart Wingate is Gatwick's Chief Executive Officer (CEO). Previously he held different roles within BAA, first as Customer Services Director of Glasgow Airport, then as CEO of Budapest Airport and most recently as Managing Director of Stansted Airport. Prior to that he worked for Black & Decker. Stewart is a Chartered Engineer and Fellows of both the Institute of Engineering and Technology and the Chartered Institute of Marketing. He has a Masters in Business Administration with distinction and a first-class honours degree in electrical and electronic engineering.

Nick Dunn, Chief Financial Officer (CFO)

Nick was appointed CFO in April 2010. Nick joins from Anglo American plc where he was General Manager of Corporate Finance. Prior to that, he worked for six years with Centrica plc in a number of senior finance roles. Nick has more than ten years experience in investment banking, with the majority of this time specialising in the transportation sector. He has advised governments and private investors on the financing of airports and air traffic control and has managed airport acquisition, IPO and financing transactions in the UK and internationally.

Raphael Arndt, Non-Executive Director

Raphael has been Head of Infrastructure and Timberland at the Future Fund since 2007 with a particular focus on building and managing the Fund’s investments in these areas.  He joined from Hastings Funds Management where he was an Investment Director responsible for managing successful infrastructure and timberland portfolios as well as leading infrastructure and timberland transactions.

Raphael also has significant asset management experience in both sectors. Previously he was Director, Policy at the Australian Council for Infrastructure Development (AusCID) and completed a Ph.D at Melbourne University which addressed “Efficient Risk Allocation in the Private Provision of Infrastructure”. Raphael has advised on infrastructure and capital works projects at the Victorian Department of Treasury and Finance

Andrew Gillespie-Smith, Non-Executive Director

Andrew Gillespie-Smith joined Global Infrastructure Partners in 2008 and led the M&A team for GIP in acquiring Gatwick Airport. Prior to joining GIP, Andrew was a Managing Director of the Investment Banking Department of Credit Suisse. He joined Credit Suisse in 1998 when BZW's corporate finance business was acquired by Credit Suisse.

Andrew has advised clients on a broad range of corporate finance transactions including mergers and acquisitions, debt and equity financings. These transactions spanned the airport, airline and related businesses, air traffic control, shipping, coal and power generation sectors across Australasia, Europe, Asia and the Americas. Prior to joining BZW, he qualified as a corporate lawyer at the London-based law firm Herbert Smith.

Andrew Jurenko, Non-Executive Director

Andrew Jurenko advised on the Gatwick acquisition and is a consultant to a number of property businesses. He was a member of BAA plc’s executive committee, as managing director of BAA International, where he led the acquisition of Budapest Airport. Andrew’s international experience also includes serving as CEO of Australia Pacific Airports Corporation Limited (APAC), as interim CEO of Melbourne Airport following its successful acquisition and as managing director of BAA Pacific Ltd in Hong Kong.

In the UK Andrew was also the managing director of BAA’s World Duty Free direct retailing arm, co-chairman of BAA’s non-airport retail joint venture, McArthur Glen, and managing director and then chairman of the commercial property company, BAA Lynton.

Chris Koski, Non-Executive Director

Chris Koski is the Global Head of Infrastructure for the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority ("ADIA"). Prior to joining ADIA in 2007, Chris was a senior member of the infrastructure and private investment teams at the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Chris worked previously in investment banking at RBC Capital Markets and in investment management at the Toronto Dominion Bank. Chris graduated with high honours from the MBA program at the University of Chicago and is a Chartered Financial Analyst.

Michael McGhee, Non-Executive Director

Michael McGhee is a transport partner of GIP and is based in London. He was a managing director of the Investment Banking Department of Credit Suisse and has been head of the Global Transportation and Logistics Group since 1998. Previously he was head of BZW’s Global Transportation Group, since founding it in July 1990, and has advised governments on several privatisations in the transport sector globally

Sir Roy McNulty, Non-Executive Director

Sir Roy was appointed by the former Secretary of State in February 2010 as Chairman to lead a special Rail Value for Money Study. Sir Roy was previously Chairman of the UK Civil Aviation Authority (CAA), the specialist aviation regulator, a post he held for eight years. Prior to this he was Chairman of National Air Traffic Services Limited (NATS) from May 1999 to July 2001.

He is a former Chief Executive and latterly Chairman of Short Brothers plc, the Belfast-based aerospace company now part of Bombardier Inc. Previous posts include being President of the Society of British Aerospace Companies and Chairman of the former Department of Trade and Industry Aviation Committee. Sir Roy was appointed as Chairman of Advantage West Midlands in May 2009 and is also Deputy Chairman of the Board of the Olympic Delivery Authority, Chairman of the Ilex Urban Regeneration Company in Northern Ireland, and a non-executive Director of Norbrook Laboratories Limited.

James van Hoften, Non-Executive Director

James van Hoften is a former senior vice president and partner of the Bechtel Corporation. He was managing director of the global airport design and construction business and was responsible for airport developments in the Middle East, Japan, and North and South America. In the early 1990s, he was the programme manager of the $23 billion Hong Kong Airport Core Programme including the new Hong Kong Airport. Previously, Dr van Hoften spent eight years as a NASA astronaut including two flights on the space shuttle and four space walks.

Dr van Hoften is a director of FlexLNG in London and is on the Board of Trustees of the University of California, Berkeley. He currently lives near San Francisco, California.

Bill Woodburn, Non-Executive Director

Bill Woodburn is the operating partner of GIP and is based in New York City and Stamford, Connecticut. Before joining GIP, he was the president and CEO of GE Infrastructure and previously president and CEO of GE Specialty Materials.

Prior to this, Bill was executive vice president and a member of the Office of the CEO at GE Capital, with oversight responsibilities for GE Capital Equipment Management businesses, including Americom, Fleet Service, Rail Services, TIP & Modular Space and Penske Truck Leasing. He served on the GE Capital Board in 2000 and 2001 and oversaw GE Capital India, GE Capital Global Sourcing, GE Capital Container Finance and GE SeaCo JV.